Computer List – DBC

This page allows you to search, group, and filter the list of machines inventoried by the MAP Toolkit.

The page is composed of the following components:

1.       A search textbox that you can use to search and filter the rows displayed in the Grid.

2.       A grid that displays the inventoried computers that you can select.

3.       An export button that allows you to export the list of selected computers to a text file.

Search Textbox

The search textbox will allow you to search the computer grid and limit the display of rows to rows that have content that matches the provided search criteria.

·         The search textbox will support multiple strings, e.g. “IIS SQL Windows XP”

o    When multiple string are provided, a logical AND will be used when searching the rows.

·         When text is entered, the grid below the textbox will only display rows that contain text that matches all of the search criteria provided. 

·         When you enter text into the text box, a Clear button will appear at the right end of the textbox.  This allows you to delete the search text that you entered.

Search example

Suppose the following rows are displayed in the Grid:

Name

Operating System

Type

Class

Workload

Connection Status

Machine1

Windows XP

Physical

Client

IIS

Success

Machine2

Windows Server 2008

Virtual

Server

SQL Server, IIS

Success

Machine3

Windows 7 Pro

Physical

Client

SQL Server

Success

If the following search criteria were entered into the search textbox “Server 2008 Success”, only the following row would be displayed since it’s the only row that contains all of the matching criteria.

Name

Operating System

Type

Class

Workload

Connection Status

Machine2

Windows Server 2008

Virtual

Server

SQL Server, IIS

Success

Computers Grid

The computers grid provides a list of machines that can be selected for inclusion. 

The grid contains the following columns:

·         The “include” checkbox

·         Computer Name – The FQDN or host name of the computer

·         Operating System

·         Type – Physical/Virtual

·         Class – Client/Server (based on installed OS)

·         Workload – i.e. IIS, SQL Server or Exchange

·         SQL Clustered – If SQL is detected, this will list if it is part of a cluster

·         Connection Status – Success/Failed status from the inventory scan

The user will be able to check and uncheck the checkbox for each row to include/remove a computer from the assessment.

Select/Unselect all checkbox

The following action-response table documents the required behavior of the checkbox:

Condition

Action

Response

“Select All” checkbox is unchecked

User clicks the “Select All” checkbox.

The checkbox for all rows displayed in the grid will be checked.

“Select All” checkbox is checked

User unchecks the “Select All” checkbox.

The checkbox for all rows displayed in the grid will be unchecked.

-“Select All” checkbox is checked

-Search criteria has been defined in the search textbox

User changes the search criteria

The “Select All” checkbox will become unselected.

-“Select All” checkbox is checked

User changes the grouping criteria

The “Select All” checkbox will become unselected.

-“Select All” checkbox is unchecked

-Search criteria has been defined and only a subset of the rows in the grid are visible

Users checks the “Select All” checkbox

Only the rows that are displayed in the grid will have their checkbox checked.  Hidden/filtered rows will remain unchanged.

-Search criteria has been defined and only a subset of the rows in the grid are visible

-“Select All” checkbox is checked

-All rows are selected

Users unchecks the “Select All” checkbox

Only the rows that are displayed in the grid will have their checkbox unchecked.  Hidden/filtered rows will remain unchanged.

-“Select All” checkbox is checked

-All rows are selected

The user unchecks a single row

The “Select All” checkbox will become unchecked.

Grouping by Column

You will be able to use the area at the top of the grid to group by the columns displayed in the grid. When you drag a column to the grouping area, the grid will group the grid by that column.

The grid has the ability to group by multiple levels.  You can drag as many columns as are available to the grouping area and the grid will respond by creating hierarchical groupings as shown below:

Selected Computer Counter

A count of the machines that has been selected will be displayed at the top of the wizard page.  This is a count of all machines chosen regardless of whether the row for that machine has been filtered from being displayed in the grid.

Export Button

The export button at the bottom of the wizard page allows you to export the list of selected computers to a text file that can later be used to for importing a list of computers in the wizards.

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